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Interpretation of the longitudinal forces detected in a recent experiment of electrodynamics

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An experiment of impulsive electrodynamics [Eur. Phys. J. D 15, 87 (2001)] has been interpreted by the experimenters as a confirmation of Ampère’s law, because they consider the force exerted on a mobile section as due only to another small section. The integration over all the circuit gives zero longitudinal force by both Ampère’s and Grassmann’s laws. The correct interpretation of the experiment comes from analyzing the contributions of the different air pressures in the two air gaps due to different solid angles for radiation and particle losses during the electrical discharge. Moreover, there is a larger number of ions hitting the bases of the smaller gap because of a larger useful solid angle. Finally, ions are more trapped in the smaller gap because of a larger number of bounces. This interpretation leads to a better agreement with the experimental results.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, via Musei 41, 25121, Brescia, Italy

    G. Cavalleri, E. Cesaroni & E. Tonni

  2. Centro de Astrofìsica Teorica, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela

    G. Spavieri

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Received: 23 April 2003, Published online: 22 July 2003

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01.55.+b General physics - 03.50.De Classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations - 41.20.-q Applied classical electromagnetism - 45.20.Dd Newtonian mechanics

G. Cavalleri: Also at: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia (INFM).

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Cavalleri, G., Cesaroni, E., Tonni, E. et al. Interpretation of the longitudinal forces detected in a recent experiment of electrodynamics. Eur. Phys. J. D 26, 221–226 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00220-8

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